This is an update of a project that I started back in December. Over that time, I have experimented a lot within this series, and I think that the approach that I have arrived at has finally evolved into something pretty interesting. Read more »
Archive for March, 2009
Photo-Impressionism
Posted in abstract, Art, digital, Jason Gray, Photo-Impressionism, Photography, technique, Uncategorized, Work in Progress on March 13, 2009 by Jason Grayrecommandé
Posted in Links, recommandé with tags artsites, lein, Links, recommandé on March 12, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeGhost Image Redux
Posted in Art, art on paper, figurative, male nude, monotype, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, ghost image, monotype, nude, printmaking, Tom Bennett, works on paper on March 11, 2009 by Tom BennettHere are 2 more pieces in the series of unique prints I’m making using the “ghost” image of previous monotype left on the plexi glass plate. I’ve included last week’s image to put the current two in context. My main medium here is, again, oil based etching inks, with oil paint brought in as more viscous and opaque passages are handled. In the case of “King of the Unnamed Wand 3″, I purposely applied paint and ink in heavier quantities in areas of the plate so that the pressure of the press- about 6000 lbs psi-pushed the medium into splayed “waves” across the image. This can be a wild, hit or miss proposition. Here, I initially was ambivalent about the results, but on further reflection I decided I liked the graphicly strange marks.
Click on the images to see larger version.
Tom Bennett
Last week’s image:
King of the Unnamed Wand
this week’s:
King of the Unnamed Wand 2, monotype, 16″ x 20″
King of the Unnamed wand 3, montype, 16″ x 20″
21st Century Depression Art Contest Winners
Posted in 35mm, abstract, Art, competition, mixed media, recession with tags Art, contest, Janet Van Fleet, Kimberly Sikyea, Steve Riley, winners on March 11, 2009 by ssstephgUnemployment Has Never Looked So Pretty
Posted in Art, news on March 11, 2009 by jdhastingsNo commentary here, I just thought this map was purty. Eat your heart out Jasper Johns.
Maybe they should use brighter, more conflicting colors if they’re trying to draw out dread….
Anyways, time for me to go home.
-JD
But Is It Art?: The Inevitable Robot Rebellion
Posted in "But Is It Art?", Art with tags "But Is It Art?", Art, news, robots, zombies on March 11, 2009 by jdhastings
I know what you’re thinking to yourself right now after reading that headline. You’re thinking, “But which robot rebellion is he talking about? The kind from the Matrix? Or one of the ones from Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner, the Terminator, War Games, 2001, or even the non-rebellion rebellions spelled out in the original Robots series by Isaac Asimov?”
And to your query I respond: Yes.
You see, I am an unapologetic Sci-Fi dork. I find the world destroying issues of the fictional future to be way more cool than any of the kinds we’re actually facing today.
So I felt a completely inappropriate thrill today when I ran accross a story titled, Regulate Armed Robots Before It’s Too Late on Newscientist.com. Could the dystopic future I’ve loved since childhood finally be here? We can all hope.
But don’t stress yourself out worrying too much. Afterall, Will Smith still walks among us.
Baiting The Hand That Feeds You
Posted in Art, Photography, Toni Tiller with tags abstract, advertising, Art, found, NYC, Photography, subway on March 11, 2009 by Toni TillerI’m not sure what to say about this except that it made me laugh and I am happiest making art when I am laughing about something, even if I don’t quite know why.
Click the image to go to the bigger version.
Written Letter Project–Neo-Luddites, Unite!
Posted in "But Is It Art?", awareness, current events, internet, Jason Gray, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized on March 10, 2009 by Jason GrayGenerally, on every one of my days off, I clamber out of bed, put on some water for coffee, and go straight to the computer. Once there, I proceed to worship, red-eyed and impervious to the real world; but what am I worshiping, and why? I am inexplicably drawn to the scale of human broadcast, and to the scope of internet-bred, interconnectivity. The pull is something preternatural; something I desire without real necessity for it. In concept, the abstract of social networking sites is Read more »
4 Dropcloths
Posted in Art, contingent art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags acrylic, Art, contingent art, dropcloths, J.D. Hastings, Painting on March 10, 2009 by jdhastingsThese 4 pieces began life as a single large dropcloth I used for 6-8 months last year. I painted a lot of canvases on it that resulted in a lot of finished pieces. At the end of the year I cut it into these. I considered working further with them, weaving them together or somehow editing them together, but decided for this time at least, to let things lie where they fall. I can always make more if I need materials for more involved works.
I think each is around 24″ x 36″ or vice versa, acrylic on canvas. I used masking tape to get the stripes.
Click the images to go to Flickr, where you can see larger versions. (especially recomended for the horizontal ones, since our format limits the width we can display)
3 more after the jump! Read more »
Follow Up On A Previous Post
Posted in news, Toni Tiller with tags annie leibovitz, Art, finance on March 9, 2009 by Toni TillerA little while back JD posted his entry Your House V Your Art in which we learned of what is essentially a high end pawn shop where people can leverage against their art collections, as well as both past and future copyrights, and contracts. Seeing Schnabel get into this kind of trouble wasn’t particularly surprising to me because I live in NY and happen to know about the over priced monstrosity of an apartment building he has had built and is now having trouble filling. More surprising, and far more serious after leveraging not only the rights to her past work but all future works is Annie Leibovitz. How did she get herself into a mess like that? Was is general excesses? Bad investment? I mean what the hell happened?
Well, today I found out. Afterellen.com has posted an article explaining that the situation is directly related to the passing of her longtime partner Susan Sontag. As author Julia Miranda points out, “same-sex couples do not have the same privileges as straight married couples when it comes to inheritance. If your partner passes away and leaves her estate to you, you have to pay up to 50 percent of the value of your inheritance in taxes. However, if you and your partner were recognized as a married couple, you wouldn’t have to pay a dime. And it is precisely this unjust double standard that got Annie Leibovitz into financial trouble”.
Thoughts?
digital collage
Posted in Art, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee, digital with tags Collage, digital, paint, paper on March 9, 2009 by Daniel Allyn Lee
Starcrazy, digital collage, 7 1/2″ x 10 1/2″, 2009
This is a digital collage made out of scanned paper with painted and collage elements.
ATCs, Wanna Trade?
Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags artist trading cards, atc, M.Vanci Stirnemann, steph gerolimatos on March 7, 2009 by ssstephgLet’s Trade!
3.5 x 2.5
gouache and graphite on paper
collection G. Smith
ATCs, what are they?
In 1997 Swiss artist M.Vanci Stirnemann exhibited over 1,000 original works of art all measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches. They were based on the typical sports card format. Instead of selling the work, he invited exhibit visitors to bring back their own art of the same size to leave in trade. Since then, artists trading cards, or ATCs, have grown in popularity.
Why I Like ATCs:
The concept behind ATCs is what appeals to me most. I like the idea of using art as a means to engage in some sort of exchange with random people. I like that trust played a significant role in the original exhibit. There were no means set up to enforce the leave a card if you take a card rule, but it still worked out and even grew into a wide spread phenomenon. I like that in order for it to work, everyone has to accept that all cards hold equal value. That random value assignation parallels our monetary system in a way that makes me feel kinda giddy.
So You Wanna Trade?
instructions and images of cards to choose from after the jump. Read more »
The NY Armory Show Girds Its Loins Against Recession
Posted in Art, news on March 6, 2009 by jdhastingsI feel like I every other story I link to is about the economy as it pertains to the art world. I need a new angle. How about steroids? Anybody want to allege that Lichtenstein used anabolic steroids in the 70s, so his impact on art history should have an asterisk?
Anybody? No?
Fine, more with the depressing stuff then. The New York Times reviews the Armory Show with special emphasis on… guess. I’m particularly depressed about the reported quality of the coffee. Seriously, man, what is the world coming to?
(sub)Urban Decay
Posted in Art, current events, digital, Jason Gray, news, Photography, recession on March 6, 2009 by Jason GrayHere are a couple photos that I took recently on a trip out of Chicago. These were all shot in Springfield, Illinois at the site of an abandoned K-Mart. It is strange to see such a huge empty building and parking lot in a place where you would expect a department store to be sustained. I guess the morning headlines tell the truth….
All shots, Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-x
The Fruits of Free Art
Posted in Art, art on paper, Collage with tags Art, artists, Collage, Mim Golub, multimedia on March 6, 2009 by jdhastingsIn exchange for the free art I sent them, Mim Golub and Liz Digitale Anderson were both kind enough to send me some of their art in return. Ms. Anderson created 2 fine art books of incredible grace and complex craftsmanship that I have been unable to properly reproduce digitally, while Ms. Golub made me this beautiful found paper collage:
Um, So I’m Going to Try to Tweet
Posted in Art with tags Art, art reviews, art shows, reviews, tweet, twitter on March 5, 2009 by jdhastingsTonight in San Francisco is the monthly First thursday Gallery Crawl. I can’t remember my damned twitter password, but I can still update it via text message, so I’m going to try an experiment and tweet my way through the several galleries. I could be fun or I could make an ass of myself. Which many people find fun.
I think my name is j_d_hastings or @j_d_hastings. I’m unclear how that works. One of my compatriots here who actually knows their password can correct me in the comments (or the body of this post) if I’m wrong.
Please don’t laugh at me,
-JD
King of the Unnamed Wand
Posted in Art, art on paper, figurative, male nude, monotype, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, figure, ghost image, monotype, nude, printmaking, Tom Bennett on March 5, 2009 by Tom BennettFirst in a series of male nudes using the ghost image of a previous monotype. The ghost is the ink or paint residue from a heretofore printed plate. I hope to continue with a short, evolving narrative.
click on thumbnail to see larger image in flickr, where you may then enlarge it more.
monotype, 16″ x 20″
Mersenne Twister
Posted in Art, Photography, Toni Tiller with tags abstract, Art, NYC, Photography, subway, Toni Tiller on March 3, 2009 by Toni Tiller
This one reminds me of the recent math related conversations I have been having.
-Toni “bunnie” Tiller
Oh To Be Happy: Let’s Look To Wunderarts
Posted in Art, exhibits, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags consumed, petula bloomfield, sarah bliss, wunderarts on March 3, 2009 by ssstephg
I dunno about the rest of you in your various locales, but here in Western Mass we got dumped on over the weekend. Sunday brought nearly a foot of fluffy, puffy beautiful snow. In fact, I don’t truly know that it wasn’t a full foot or even over a foot as I didn’t measure. I was too busy shovelling and tromping around in the magical whiteness to care how much of it there was. Despite all my shovelling and then enjoying an afternoon of snowshoeing yesterday (snowshoeing for the very first time mind you, which, although not exactly the mystical Jesus walking on the water experience I’d expected, was, none the less, quite fun), I’m remarkably free of soreness! Oh happy day!
And so I’m here to talk to you about good things–beautiful snow that doesn’t leave pain in it’s wake, shoes that elevate the wearer above the weather and a gallery that pleases all those who cross it’s threshold. Of course, I’m talking about none other than our favorite Western Mass art gallery–Wunderarts. After a brief winter hiatus, Wunderarts is back with an exciting new show. “Consumed”, an exhibition of the work of Petula Bloomfield and Sarah Bliss, is set to open with a reception this Friday, March 6, from 6 – 9 pm. Great art, great people, great space–you should come! Wunderarts always makes it worth your while, and besides, all the cool people will be there… peeeeerpressure!
here’s a l’il preview:
image courtesy wunderarts
petula bloomfield’s poetry of desire, 2008
9 x 7″ mounted digital print
image courtesy wunderarts
sarah bliss’ plexi 3, 2008
14″ x 11″, oil and enamel on plexiglass
“CONSUMED”
Opening Friday March 6, 6 – 9 pm
on view through April 12, 2009
ART CHURCH
an artist talk with Petula Bloomfield & Sarah Bliss
Sunday, March 29, 2009, 12 – 2 pm
WUNDERARTS
383 Main Street
Amherst, MA
413-256-660
Sat – Sun 12 – 5
Artwalk/First Thurs 5 – 8
and by appointment
Friday 6 – 9! be there or be square! which reminds me, hope you had a happy square root day!
-Steph Gerolimatos
Suspension of Disbelief
Posted in news with tags AIG, humor, news on March 3, 2009 by jdhastingsThis term was coined in the early nineteenth century by the Romantic Poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He originally coined it to describe the action readers must partake in to enjoy most fiction, particularly poetry, which must simplify or exaggerate reality in order to present it in written form. In exchange for their faith, the reader will be entertained.
With that in mind, I present you my current favorite example of this phenomenon in action:
That’s right! (Former) Insurance giant AIG’s Read more »
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